GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |